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#05ABF2

#05abf2 ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#05abf2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 67.06% green and 94.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.93% cyan, 29.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.1% black. Its hue angle is 197.97°, with 95.95% saturation and 48.43% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.3.

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Relative luminance0.3557

Complementary

  1. #05abf2
  2. #f24c05

Split complementary

  1. #05abf2
  2. #f20535
  3. #f2c205

Analogous

  1. #05f2c2
  2. #05abf2
  3. #0535f2

Triadic

  1. #05abf2
  2. #f205ab
  3. #abf205

Tetradic

  1. #05abf2
  2. #4c05f2
  3. #f24c05
  4. #abf205

Square

  1. #05abf2
  2. #c205f2
  3. #f24c05
  4. #35f205

Monochromatic

  1. #02415c
  2. #0376a7
  3. #05abf2
  4. #48c6fb
  5. #93ddfd

Shades

#05abf2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05abf2
  2. #059ada
  3. #0489c2
  4. #0478a9
  5. #036791
  6. #035679
  7. #024461
  8. #023349
  9. #012230
  10. #011118
  11. #000000

Tints

#05abf2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05abf2
  2. #1eb3f3
  3. #37bcf5
  4. #50c4f6
  5. #69cdf7
  6. #82d5f9
  7. #9bddfa
  8. #b4e6fb
  9. #cdeefc
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05abf2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05abf2
  2. #11a7e7
  3. #1ea2db
  4. #2a9ed0
  5. #369ac4
  6. #4396b9
  7. #4f91ae
  8. #5b8da2
  9. #678997
  10. #74848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa5c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88abf5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c99f1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6cabf4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #55a0f1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05abf2 {
  color: #05abf2;
}
Background
.bg-05abf2 {
  background-color: #05abf2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05abf2 {
  border: 2px solid #05abf2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05abf2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 171 242;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05abf2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05abf2, #0535f2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05abf2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 171 242 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.08 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.98 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.12 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.46 #fa540d Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#05abf2  rgb(5, 171, 242)  hsl(198, 96%, 48%)  Carolina Blue
#f24c05  rgb(242, 76, 5)  hsl(18, 96%, 48%)  Tangelo
#f205ab  rgb(242, 5, 171)  hsl(318, 96%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#abf205  rgb(171, 242, 5)  hsl(78, 96%, 48%)  Spring Bud